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| Mortality in southern England during the 2003 heat wave by place of death | | Author(s) | R Sari Kovats, Helen Johnson, Clare Griffiths |
| Journal title | Health Statistics Quarterly, no 29, Spring 2006 |
| Pages | pp 6-8 |
| Source | http://www.statistics.gov.uk |
| Keywords | Death rate [statistics] ; Weather conditions ; Body temperature ; Eastern England ; South West England ; South East England ; London. |
| Annotation | More than 2000 deaths were attributed to the August 2003 heatwave in England and Wales. This analysis of excess mortality during the heatwave is restricted to south east, south west and eastern England, and London. Excess mortality was 33% in those aged 75+, and 13.5% in under 75s during the 10-day heatwave. Among those aged 75+, deaths at home increased by 33% and deaths in nursing homes increased by 42%. Around a quarter of the heatwave attributable deaths occurred in care homes, but this is likely to be an underestimate, as some residents may have been admitted to hospital before death. There is a need for further research to assess the risk of heat-related mortality by hospital in-patients and the residents of care homes in order to improve prevention strategies. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060517201 A |
| Classmark | S5: R4: BKM: 82EA: 82Y: 82Z: 82L |
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